पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · December 29, 1968 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.42 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga🪷 Ekāṁśena Sthito Jagat · One Fragment Supports All
अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन।

विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत्।।10.42।।
"10.42 But what is the use of all these details to thee? O Arjuna! I sustain this universe with only small part of Myself."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2025 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1890 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1375
Malayalam Era: 1144
Nanakshahi: 499
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya253.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra11.57°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala186.51°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha266.93°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati162.37°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra299.29°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani355.88°MīnaRevatī P3

☀️ Vṛndāvana — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:34 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 24 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 35 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:46 – 06:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:22 – 17:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:34 – 18:00
Amṛta Kāla17:19 – 19:04
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:16 – 17:34
Yamaganda12:22 – 13:40
Gulika Kāla14:58 – 16:16
Varjyam07:35 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:35 – 09:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:09 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:27 – 09:46 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:46 – 11:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:04 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:22 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:40 – 14:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:58 – 16:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:16 – 17:34 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:34 – 19:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:16 – 20:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:58 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:40 – 00:22 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:22 – 02:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:04 – 03:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:46 – 05:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:27 – 07:09 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 27.565°
Longitude: 77.6593°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5070 · Kali-5070
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1851754.27 · 5069.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2440219.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4199° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)115.05° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.4199°) · declination -23.23° · EoT -2.35 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1968-12-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)